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City cuts turn painful… Beginning July First the City of Florence will be using outside sources for all engineering services.  The move, ok’d last night by the Florence Budget Committee, will mean Florence will no longer have an ‘in-house’ engineer to review public works and construction projects.  It also means […]

NW Sports from the AP

NW–SportsMinute/169 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   BOSTON (AP) – Jon Lester pitched his second complete game of the season and Daniel Nava and Kelly Shoppach each homered, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners […]

NW Sports from the AP

NW–SportsMinute/261 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   NEW YORK (AP) – Andy Pettitte (PEHT’-iht) made his much-anticipated return to the Yankees on Sunday, getting lavished with adoration while pitching into the seventh despite giving up a pair of two-run homers in […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–1st NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Police in Medford are investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman found in her apartment. The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Maria Victoria McDonald died of asphyxiation, although the manner of […]